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Hi Passes Oil: Th let Cons M
(yers Bids Adieu to the Old and Ureets the New
[Year, She Keeps Well to the Front and Her
citizens are Solid.
reasons the year 1897 may be referred to by the
For many Rockdale with feeling of just
L 0 f Conyers and county a the land—
' The cry of “hard times” has stalked abroad in
l passed from mouth to mouth in this people town have and county- partially
not without some reason, but our
made ... lasting and , honorable . , . tes
L d it and the progress gives
ta t h e indomitable courage and perseverance of the peo
f I We have no despite hesitancy the in low saying price that of farm our products citizenship, and both the
Lent and county, exhibit much dividend
scarcity of money, can as
[their labors of the past twelve months as any other like
on in the South.
COUNTY PROGRESS.
The county, by direct taxation, built and equipped a new
L 1 § 97 a t a cost of $5,600. She also erected a new cov
) Gee’s mill and that paid
I bridge across Yellow river at was
-j L the same manner as the jail. made the little heavy
I These two items necessarily taxes a
L anv of our people but the burden has been lifted.
|The county is now in very good condition and the
■■ms us thai uuless some uniooked for disaster befalls the
Bty there will be no further necessity has for been extra to taxation. extent
■The indebtedness of the county some
■dated and there is no likelihood of a necessity for incurring
her obligations of the kind. prisoners
■The people are well pleased with the new jail and
Being Si safely and humanely kept.
CONYERS WELL TO THE FRONT.
■ Our town didn’t lag during the year just ended. One of the
B Basing important moves made by the city during 1897 was the
of the Conyers Institute. The city, since the adop
^■tock ■ of the public school system, had rented this building from
company owning it and this arrangement proved un
^■pfactory ^Kcilof to closed all parties deal concerned. with the stockholders Mayor J ucker whereby and the the
f^Bcarae ’97 a
to possess the building at a very reasonable cost. This
^Hact ^Blasting of the ex-mayor and councilmen should secure to them
1 I gratitude of the people.
The city improved in many ways during’97 and to-day her
' Hhlent ^Barations streets are lined with haudsoine new residences and
are being made for the erection of others.
■ The churches of the town do the people honor; they stand
B 11 eloquent proclamation of the liberality, piety and faithful
■sof our citizenship.
n CITY OFFICERS.
OUR BUSINESS INTERESTS.
B The business interests of Conyers seem to be founded upon
> ^ rock. Assignments play no part in the business world of
Ayers. 6: : The business men are all clever and honest and the
■its of their labor is reward.
I Thirteen thousand bales of cotton will be shipped from this
■■ket this season. Between ten and eleven thousand bale
■e already been shipped and it is a low estimate that places
■ number, yet to go, at three thousand. These heavy receipts
■ due to several influences, but the most prominent of them is
■ conspicuous liberality of our business men. They are able and
■ling to throw many advantages in the way of farmers and
■'' kindness is duly appreciated. To this may be added the
■( that our cotton buyers always make a, good market here for
■ staple, and last but by no means least, goods are bought and
i dhere for very small profit.
OUR BUSINESS FIRMS
_ [ ,, Mr. • busi- . •
JNO. C. STEPHENSON, a live and , progressive
■sraan, will be found at his old stand this yeai wit 1 am
■ k of general merchandise. He has hosts of friends and does
■ ir se business.
m. M. H. PLUNKET, a young merchant, doing a fancy and
■ “y grocery business, is doing well. He keops a full stock
■Mis I at close ° ’
l M’OOD & HOLLINGSWORTH, general merchants, is a
,r tti and has started out admirably. They have bright
■^tsand will do well.
K. D. SUMMERS, the noted dry goods dealer, vU! be
K ; " the forefront keeping pace with old father time. always He with i>
$q, Ut not up to date and he keeps his business
r H ’ L Front, will
' ADMR . the proprietor of The Blue
dial 8 M 3tUCk ° f drJ 80038 803 8
HCD60N will conauot hi, 4, busine,,
ill (fewiM ;: ^fkVp iV
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CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, JAN, 8, 1898,
his all stand and pursue his usual business methods. He is wel 1
posted and a sagacious business man.
THE GAILEY DRUG CO. will move along smoothly dur¬
ing the new year and it may be said that the firm is making
great strides along the road of success.
THOMPSON STEWART will do business at his old stand
and he will, as usual, treat his customers well.
E. S. EVERITT. a very clever gentleman, will continue the
buggy and harness business at his old stand.
J.W. JONES will conduct his general store on the corner
where he nas been for several years, with much success.
DR. W. H. LEE, in the drug business here for a number of
" ,S °’ a ° U8t0merS ^ tr,enaB
A. B. OSBORN will continue his market and cattle busi¬
ness, He is a success in this line.
JOHNSON & GOODE will continue their business at the
same stand. We are informed that they contemplate taking on
another line. They handle furniture, stoves, etc.
R W. TUCKER will do a staving general mercantile busi¬
ness at his old stand. He is one of the hustlers.
THE J. H. ALMAND CO., with L. J. Almand head man, is
one of the old land marks, and will be a power in the business
field (bis year.
N. T. STREET will handle a nice line of general merchan¬
dise and treat his customers handsomely.
G. A. LUCAS will continue his business in the line of fancy
and family groceries etc.
N. B. LACKEY will continue in the fight this year with his
general store and will do well.
THE ALMAND HARDWARE CO:, composed of live young
business men, will be prominently identified with the business of
the city this year and their influence will be felt.
EVANS <fc ALMAND will conduct a live market and cattle
business at the old stand,
G. U. KENNON will look closely after his general store this
year and in the meantime he may decide to' get married.
J. A. DUKES will continue his fancy grocery and confec¬
tionery business and at the same time be will look after his po¬
litical interests. Jim thinks he will do well this year.
J.J LANGFORD, one of the commercial giants, will be to
the front as usual and the volume of business he will do will he
bulky indeed. He is one of the foremost and best.
D. M. ALMAND SONS will continue to be headquarters for
everything and everybody. It is one of the oldest and most re
,iable firms in the city and dose a very fine business.
TURNER BROS, will sell stacks of furniture this year and
will carry one of the handsomest stocks over brought here.
J. H. ALMAND, the banker will do business as heretofore.
THE LADIES know that we have three nice millinery stores
They are well conducted and presided over be most clever ladies.
We also have three first-class blacksmith and repair shops
We have three warehouses conducted by clever gentlemen
We have several guano agents and cotton buyers that can’t
be beat in the South.
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL is being handsomely con¬
ducted and is fast growing in favor.
All of the above, with much that we haven’t mentioned,
goes to make one of the best towns in Georgia.
GUANO!
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I am now prepared to furnish all
kinds oi Guanos, Acids and Cotton
seed Meal.
J.P. TILLEY.
\ STATESMAN’S FORE
SIUH cir.HT l.
w vea rs ago, when the
camla j at Milledgeville,
one 0 f t ^ ie Represenatives was of
Louis Tumi in of the county
Bartow. The Honorable Mr
Tutnlin was a sagacious busi
nesS man and a wise and far
see i n g statesman
The convict question at that
day engaged the minds of the
J? S °What\o do with the
g n w h 0 m the
j aNV deals out punishment than was
as important a matter as
noW uLn^“ew»rl •
M a
.o| d
m ,ooa as he ha d ihe thought
e went and bought Stone
ountafh Then he apprised
his fellowa in the legislature of
his plan, which was to build a
penitentiary at Stone Mountain,
out of the granite of that colos
s a l bowlder itself and then to
quarry the granite for the word.
It was suggested that, built lf neces
sary, a wall could be en
tirely around the base of the
mountain, making escape ini
possible- Mr. Tumlin offered
to the state.
It is interring to speculate on
what the result of such an ex
periment would have been. The
central peniteutiary, which has
recently come into public mind.
^hea ^
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ CASTORIA,” AND
“PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE Mark.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same
that has borne and does now on every
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
Thi§ i§ fhe oricfinu i » PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” which has been
— in the homes of the Mothers of Africa for ooer thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought on the
and has the signature- of wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex¬
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President.
March 8,1897. 4 ,P.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in¬
gredients of which even he does net know.
r The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
* 4
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THC CCNTAUH COMPANY, 77 MUNNAY »THKET, NEW YORK CITY.
Your Job
Work to this
Office.
18 & 98 .
w e are very thankful to our customers and everybody
in general for their patronage in past years, and we
faithfully ptomise good treatment in the future.
i WE ARE NOW PREPARED i
t mem.®*
To do a time business, also we will sell for cash as cheap as
anybody. We are receiving the largest shipments of
DRESS GOODS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, NO¬
TIONS. GENTS FURNISHINGS.
HOSIERY, HATS, SHOES, LACES,
1IV >11 tint 4 j TIIIMSII .Mi,
Clothing, Ladies and Gents Neck¬
wear and Handkerchiefs,
Ever brought to this place, and cheaper than ever before
sold. Also all kinds of....................................
Farming Supplies In
Hardware, Flour, Meat, Meal, Seed Oats, Salt, Jugware,
Molasses and Syrups from 15 to 40 cents, and everything as
proportion. Call and see us and bring your
PEOHS ms ElETES.
Clever Clerks and straight dealings....................
We have too many things to mention all in this space so call
for what you want and you will be treated right.
Yours truly,
.1 N< ). C. STEPHENS^ )1> .
conflicting with the interests of
free labor, would have been of
ferred for the convicts forever
and a day. As to the finan¬
cial result there can now be no
q-tion Mr.
^
eratian. The quarrying of
granite and the output of belgin
blocks would have been proba¬
ble. In the language of Mark
Twain, there would have been
“millions in it.”—Ex;
FIRE
INSURANCE.
TILLEY 4 McELVANY.
NO. 1.